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Birthdate: July 1, 1916
Olivia de Havilland
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1930s
3.3916
16
1940s
2.9886
16
1950s
1.8398
6
1960s
2.3589
3
1970s
1.5123
5
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.9559
2.9559
Olivia de Havilland Movie Rankings
1
3.8877On the eve of the American Civil War, Scarlett O'Hara meets Rhett Butler. Amongst a war torn Atlanta, Scarlett must save her family's burning plantation and accept the possibility of never seeing Rhett again. ...more about Gone with the Wind
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
DVD from $8.99
(17 sellers)
2
3.6412Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced to turn outlaw. ...more about Adventures of Robin Hood
DVD from $17.27
(14 sellers)
3
3.1998Dr. Peter Blood, a British surgeon, is arrested and wrongly condemned to slavery in the Caribbean for helping a rebel soldier in England, 1685. ...more about Captain Blood
DVD from $8.68
(16 sellers)
4
2.9265
Charlotte Hollis, wealthy southern spinster, is shunned by her community for the grizzly murder some 40 years prior of her intended, John Mayhew. ...more about Hush... Hush
DVD from $4.76
(13 sellers)
5
2.8690
In 1840's New York Catherine lives with her father, Dr. Sloper. Her mother died some years before, and Dr. Sloper still idolizers her, and never misses an opportunity to compare her daughter to her -- a comparison the daughter can never win. ...more about Heiress
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $5.95
(13 sellers)
6
2.8579
Killer bees from South America have been breeding with the gentler bees of more northern climes, slowly extending their territory northward decade after decade. ...more about Swarm
DVD from $5.98
(9 sellers)
7
2.8136
This is the story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through the American Civil War, and finally to his death at Little Big Horn. ...more about They Died with Their Boots On
DVD from $8.68
(17 sellers)
8
2.7305
Virginia Cunningham finds herself in a state insane asylum...and can't remember how she got there. In flashback, her husband Robert relates their courtship, marriage, and her developing symptoms. ...more about Snake Pit
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists - Best Actress - Foreign Film (Miglior Attrice Straniera)
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Actress
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
- Venice Film Festival - Best Actress
DVD from $9.59
(11 sellers)
9
2.7296
Dodge City. A wide-open cattle town run by Jeff Surrett. Even going on a children's Sunday outing is not a safe thing to do. What the place needs is a fearless honest Marshal. A guy like Wade Hatton, who helped bring the railroad in. ...more about Dodge City
DVD from $8.68
(16 sellers)
10
2.6896
A Lady (Olivia De Havilland) gets trapped inside a home elevator after the electricity goes out. ...more about Lady in a Cage
DVD from $4.94
(8 sellers)
11
2.6757
The family consists of Pat, the cop, Mike the fireman, Danny the boxing promoter and Ma. Pat wants Danny to get a real job, because most of his fighters end up in Polookaville and Pat wants to marry Lucille. ...more about Irish in Us
- Not Available on DVD
12
2.6574
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. ...more about Male Animal
- Not Available on DVD
13
2.6391
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte vie for the affection of the Reverend Arthur Nichols. ...more about Devotion
- Not Available on DVD
14
2.6391
During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant pilot. After a scheme to adopt him ends up giving him to another family, she devotes her life to loving him from afar. ...more about To Each His Own
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Not Available on DVD
15
2.5904
Biff Grimes is crazy about Virginia Brush, but his "pal" Hugo Barnstead marries her himself and makes Biff the fall guy for his shady dealings. ...more about Strawberry Blonde
- Not Available on DVD
16
2.5341
Michael Curtiz directs a Western that is almost of epic proportions, and screenwriters Warren Duff and Robert Buckner greatly assist in bringing about a snazzy script that is based on Clements Ripley's story. ...more about Gold Is Where You Find It
- Not Available on DVD
17
2.5204
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can escort Amelia to every musical event in the city. ...more about My Love Came Back
- Not Available on DVD
18
2.5008
Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's ...more about Proud Rebel
DVD from $4.99
(4 sellers)
19
2.4261
A young woman (Stanley Timberlake) dumps her fiancée (Craig Fleming) and runs off with her sister's (Roy Timberlake) husband (Peter Kingsmill). They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. ...more about In This Our Life
- Not Available on DVD
20
2.3515
A woman suspected of murdering her doctor boyfriend has an identical twin sister. When both twins have an alibi for the night of the murder, a psychiatrist is called in to assist a detective in solving the case. ...more about Dark Mirror
- Not Available on DVD
21
2.2556
Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden have postponed their marriage eleven times. Henry Grant's fiancée Macia is infatuated with Basil. ...more about It's Love I'm After
- Not Available on DVD
22
2.2373
Rookie pitcher Francis "Ike" Farrell comes seemingly out of nowhere to help the Cubs go for the pennant. His idiosyncratic ways, which include excuses and alibis for everything, drive his manager and fiancee crazy in this baseball farce. ...more about Alibi Ike
- Not Available on DVD
23
2.2252
The story of Jeb Stewart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and battles against John Brown in the days leading up to the outbreak of the American Civil War. ...more about Santa Fe Trail
DVD from $4.44
(4 sellers)
24
2.1825
Robert will do anything to get the big account that has eluded him. His public relations business makes public angels of rich scoundrels. Jean needs someone to save the paper and she wants Robert. ...more about Four's a Crowd
- Not Available on DVD
26
2.0798
In late 18th century Italy, a beautiful young woman finds herself married to a rich but cruel older man. However, she is in love with another, younger man. ...more about Anthony Adverse
- Not Available on DVD
28
1.8858
A Romanian gigolo marries a naive American schoolteacher in Mexico so he can legally enter the United States. Complications arise as he discovers he is falling in love with her. ...more about Hold Back the Dawn
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Not Available on DVD
29
1.7715
A luxury 747 carrying valuable art work is hijacked and lands in the ocean, submerged in shallow water. ...more about Airport '77
DVD from $12.79
(12 sellers)
30
1.7488
Two producers are putting together a Calvacade of Stars for a wartime charity show. Along with a list of well-knowns they promote the work of an unknown singer and songwriter. ...more about Thank Your Lucky Stars
- Not Available on DVD
32
1.3387
King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks him up in the Bastille. ...more about Fifth Musketeer
DVD from $24.99
(2 sellers)
33
1.0312
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. ...more about Adventurers
DVD from $3.42
(9 sellers)
34
Joan Fisk, daughter of the American ambassador to France, is bored with entertaining the wives of visiting V.I.P.s and decides to conduct an experiment. She accepts a date with an American G.I. ...more about Ambassador's Daughter
- Not Available on DVD
35
The first day of spring has a profound affect on the Hilton family. The father, an accountant, finds himself unable to work, and when he tries to work, he is wooed by an actress whose taxes he is doing. ...more about Call It a Day
- Not Available on DVD
37
Washington DC in the war. The machinery of government is a hive of endless if not seamless activity. Arnament production is the name of the game, by fair means or foul. ...more about Government Girl
- Not Available on DVD
38
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards (Olivia De Havilland) tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis (Dick Powell), he makes her work out her bill by making beds. ...more about Hard to Get
- Not Available on DVD
39
A pony kicked her head and that's how she became "slow". The young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother is slender, blonde, beautiful and there is something charmingly naive about her. ...more about Light in the Piazza
- Not Available on DVD
40
When Philip Ashley's much-loved (and rich) cousin Ambrose dies, he is convinced that Ambrose was murdered by his new wife Rachel to inherit his wealth. ...more about My Cousin Rachel
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
- Not Available on DVD
41
This movie is based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. ...more about Pope Joan
- Not Available on DVD
42
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. ...more about Raffles
- Not Available on DVD
45
A man and a woman fight over the last bottle of champagne left in San Francisco--she wants it for a wedding, and he wants to use it to christen a ship. ...more about Well-Groomed Bride
- Not Available on DVD
46
Jerry and Cass have always been competitive. Now that Cass is a well respected Naval aviator like his father, Jerry leaves the submarine service to become a flying cadet with Class 61 at Pensacola. ...more about Wings of the Navy
- Not Available on DVD
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